The New Paper, 22 January 1991

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    12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1991 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Blitz will continue: Bush
      347 2 Wire services. A GRIM and tired President George Bush today refused to be cowed by Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's threat to use captured allied air men as human shields. He said Mr Saddam's latest move in the Gulf war "was not going to make a difference"
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      GENEVA CONVENTIONS
      67 2 THE 1949 Geneva conventions set minimum standards of humane conduct in war. Iraq is among the 166 signatories. Among the outlawed acts are torture and degrading treatment, attacks on hospitals or civilians, and methods of warfare that cause unnecessary losses or excessive suffering. The conventions also say that
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      Lock icon BUSH'S BITTER MEMORIES
      157 2 Wire services. FOR President George Bush, the sight of US pilots-turned-Iraqi-captives brought back three hours of his own past. Mr Bush (above, talking to reporters at the White House yesterday), a former US Navy pilot,, was shot down on a World War II bombing mission on Sept
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      Lock icon IRAQ'S CHARGE
      109 2 Reuter. IRAQ'S top diplomat in Washington charged yesterday that US and allied warplanes were bombing "old women, men and children". After a meeting at the State Department in which the US Government voiced its protest, at Baghdad's treatment of PoWs, Charge d'Affaires Khalid Shewayish told reporters: "I conveyed
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      HUMAN SHIELDS II
      110 2 IRAQ first used foreigners as "human shields" shortly after the Gulf crisis began. In the face of possible US attack on Baghdad, Iraqi authorities prevented about 12,000 foreigners, mostly Westerners, from leaving Iraq or occupied Kuwwait. About 600 were moved to strategic sites such as military installations
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      BATTLE DEBRIEF: DAY 5
      108 2 ACTION More than 8,100 allied air missions flown since the start of the war. LOSSES Allied claims: 17 Allied planes lost: 10 American, 4 British, 1 Kuwaiti, 1 Italian, 1 Saudi. 21 allied servicemen missing. 17 Iraqi jets destroyed in air combat. 45 Iraqis killed, 23
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Winas of death
      235 3  -  Si urn** Ivan P J Lim IT is a horrendous death. Minutes after exposure, the victim may experience giddiness and nausea. This is followed by vomiting and breathing difficulties. Then convulsions; then death. This is chemical warfare. Iraq has said it will use chemical weapons against Israel.
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      A BRIEF HISTORY
      82 3 CHKMICAL weapons were first used in World War I in 1915. About 90,000 troops were killed and 1.2 million injured. Though stocks of nerve agents were developed by the Germans in World War 11, chemical weapons were never used. Iraq has used chemical weapons against Iran in
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      TYPES OF
      132 3 BLOOD AGENTS: Hydrogen cyanide and cyanogen chloride Effects: When inhaled, they block the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity, causing tearing, choking and death. CHOKING AGENTS: Chlorine, phosgene, chloropicrin Effects: Destroy lining of air passages when inhaled, causing plasma to enter the lungs from the bloodstream. Victims choke in their own
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      HOW IT WORKS
      141 3 TWO substances are stored separately and harmlessly in a binary chemical warhead. When the warhead is detonated, the chemicals combine to form a deadly poison. Chemical bombs may be delivered in three ways: By aircraft, artillery shells, or missiles and rockets. Israel is more worried about aircraft
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      Lock icon HOW SOLDIERS ARE PROTECTED
      123 3 MOST modern main battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers have nuclear, biological and chemical warfare (NBC) capability. Troops in these vehicles can survive an attack by activating the systems, sealing off the vehicle from deadly gases. Ground troops are also protected by gas masks and NBC
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      IMPACT
      250 4 SINGAPORE economy: The impact of the Gulf war on the Singapore economy would not be felt for a while. The Republic has sufficient stocks of food and fuel. This was stated by Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister of State (Trade Industry), yesterday. Mr Mah said: "At this stage the
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      Reactions
      50 4 THE Gulf war has generated a wave of US public support for President George Bush. A CBS News/New York Times poll released on Saturday showed he had an 84 per cent approval rating. Meanwhile, there were protests against the war in several countries. They include Pakistan, Bangladesh and Egypt.
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      US war mood
      60 4 FEWER Americans expect the Gulf war to end quickly. A poll by USA Today found that three of four people believe the war with Iraq will drag on for a month or more. It also showed that 76 per cent supported President Bush's decision to attack while
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      Power struggle
      52 4 ANOTHER battle is raging, this time over control of Kuwait's US$lOO billion worth of oversea investments. The struggle for control is between the autocratic royal family and the pro-democracy merchant families. Most of the earnings over the next 10 years at least would have to go to massive
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      Indonesia's oil
      48 4 PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday said Indonesia's oil resources were fast being depleted. He hinted that the Government might raise domestic fuel prices to encourage saving and more-efficient energy use. Indonesia is South-east Asia's largest oil producer, with an output capacity of around 1.7 million barrels a day.
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      Iraqi expelled
      38 4 THE Philippines yesterday expelled an Iraqi diplomat for alleged links to last Saturday's failed bomb attack on the US Government library. The Iraqi embassy's First Secretary, Muwafak Al-Ani, was told to leave Manila in 72 hours.
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      300 stay on
      58 4 ABOUT 300 Singaporeans are still in the Persian Gulf region, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Many women and children have returned to Singapore. Singaporeans staying behind do so because of work commitment. Many who work in Saudi Arabia are nurses. Those in Dubai are mostly managers
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Visitors down
        40 4 FEWER Singaporeans are visiting Johor a drop of between 20 and 30 per cent. State Tourism and Environment Committee chairman Jimmy Low said they prefer to stay home and listen to the latest news on the Gulf war.
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        Mr Lee in US
        59 4 MR Lee Kuan Yew is in Washington on a 15-day visit to the US and Mexico. The Senior Minister is expected to meet US leaders before leaving for Mexico at the invitation of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Today, Mr Lee will address the Advisory Council
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        Petrol down
        51 4 ESSO has lowered its petrol and diesel prices. Its 98-octane premium and 91-octane petrol both cost three cents less at 116.5 cents and 107.5 cents respectively. Esso's 95-octane intermediate grade is now 111.4 cents a litre, down 3.4 cents. Diesel is down by two cents to 56.6 per
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        COEs drop
        46 4 CAR quota premiums have dropped across-the-board. The sharpest drop was for cars 1,000 cc and below. The latest premium is $210 against $'2,006 last month. Motor traders and distributors interviewed cited the growing concern over the impact of the Gulf war on Singapore's economy.
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      HEADLINERS
      70 4 The Straits Times: Iraqi missile raid on Riyadh foiled. Business Times: Iraq threatens to use POWs as human shields. Lianhe Zaobao: Scuds take heavy beating from Patriots. Berita Harian: Riyadh bombed. SBC morning news: US Marine corps have started shelling suspected Iraqi positions in Kuwait. BBC morning news: There
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      84 4 This evening, dine and dance way above the rest In Just 50 seconds, you 11 be whisked up 280 metres to Singapore's highest restaurant. Where delightful gourmet cuisine and nostalgic music from a 6-piece Filipino combo, will have you dancing on air. First Drink Charge for non-diners at The Mezzanine
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      104 4 THE SINGAPORE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION POSITIVE PARENTING FORUMS COCKPIT HOTEL 2—spm 26 JAN 91 T 2 FEB 91 O When Parents Love O Social Too Much Psychological Dvpt by Dr Pamela Sharpe, by Dr Seng Seok 1 loon, IE IE O Between Parents O Strategies for the Teenagers Working Couple
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Life is tense in Saudi Arabia
      377 6 AP. IRAQI missile attacks have brought the realities of war closer to people in Saudi Arabia. Though officials are trying to allay people's fears, normal life has been affected. "People are afraid," said the manager of a hotel in the coastal town of al-Khobar
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      WET SPLASHDOWN FOR A SCUD
      165 6 IRAQI forces fired another Scud missile at Saudi Arabia yesterday, but it fell harmlessly into the Gulf north of Dhahran. The missile was fired at about 9pm (local time), said Lieutenant General Tom Kelly, director of operations for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lt-Gen
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      Lock icon US pilot rescued from desert
      387 7 AP IN a daring dash into enemy territory, a US Air Force rescue mission plucked a downed Navy pilot from the Iraqi desert yesterday and Hew him back to safety. An Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter picked up the A-() "Intruder" pilot shortly alter two A-10
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      Lock icon US deploys untested radar plane
      235 7 Reuter. A PROTOTYPE US radar plane that can function even in poor weather has just been deployed in the Gulf, reports a US newspaper. Operation Desert Storm, periodically dogged by cloud cover, will be the trial by fire for the new J-Stars Joint Surveillance Target
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      Lock icon Gorby's plan rejected
      234 8 NO TO PEACE Reuter. IRAQI President Saddam Hussein yesterday rejected a Gulf peace plan by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. He told the Kremlin chief that US President George Bush would have to pay for his aggression. Radio Baghdad, monitored in Cyprus, broadcast the text of a message
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      Lock icon Training for the real thing
      32 8 Practice run: A soldier from the British 12th Air Defence Group firing a shoulder-mounted Javelin anti-aircraft missile during live-fire training in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon 4 nations step up efforts
      145 8 PEACE, PLEASE Wire services. EGYPT, India, Yugoslavia and Iran are making intensive diplomatic efforts to end the Gulf war. An Egyptian Foreign Ministry official said in Cairo that President Hosni Mubarak sent Information Minister Safwat el-Sherif to Tripoli yesterday with a message for the Libyan
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      Lock icon Iraq cuts pacts with Saudis
      79 8 FORGET PEACE Reuter. IRAQ yesterday cancelled all pacts and agreements with Saudi Arabia, including a non-aggression pact signed two years ago. Radio Baghdad, monitored in Cyprus, said the decision was made at a meeting of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), Iraq's highest authority. The decision
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      Lock icon Ex-PoW tells how he survived
      417 9 AP. US Congressman Pete Peterson thinks he has a pretty good idea of what the American pilots captured by Iraq are going through. He has been there before. First, they're elated to be alive. Then, they blame themselves for their predicament. "You always feel like
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      Lock icon PoW's wife glad, hopeful
      258 9 Reuter. THE wife of a US Marine flyer said to have been captured by Iraq expressed joy yesterday about reports of her husband's survival and said she was hoping for a quick reunion. "We all feel very scared but with this news of him being a
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      Saddam's hiding places
      429 10 HITLER'S BUNKER THE bunkers of President Saddam Hussein are reminiscent of German dictator Adolf Hitler's. Hitler spent his last days in isolation. The failed German artist, who lived in flophouses and survived on charity soup, finally shot himself next to his poisoned mistress-bride Eva Braun in his
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      Lock icon Drugs sold with pizza: Man charged
      348 11 AP. IT was more than just oregano heading out the door with the pizzas from a Domino's pizza store, police say. They arrested the store manager and an employee from the American pizza chain in Rhode Island and charged them with running a mari-juana-to-go
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      Lock icon Gorbachev tells Latvia: Let's talk
      316 11 Wire services. s OVIET President Mikhail Gorbachev has summoned Latvia's leaders to Moscow 'for talks. Mr Gorbachev wants to discuss a number of options on how to tackle the republic's problems, Mr Anatoly Denisov, the chairman of the Supreme Soviet's ethics committee said in Riga
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      Lock icon Free to kiss at last
      43 11 Kiss of freedom: Chen Chi-li, former leader of the notorious Taiwan gang, Bamboo Union kisses his wife after being released on parole. He was convicted for the murder of dissident Chinese-American writer, Henry Liu in 1985. Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon Man took two mail-order brides
      115 11 AP. A CALIFORNIAN with two mail-order brides was charged with bigamy and false imprisonment after one of the women accused him of sexual assault. Steffan Carroll allegedly married Marilyn, 22 in the Philippines in September 1988. A year later, he allegedly walked down the aisle
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      59 7 Why build your career alone? Family life helps. A lot <>1 verv sue (t-ssful career-makers base It also provides stability, encouragement and their careers on an equally successful life at support. home. Isn't that what you need for a successful career? Why? Because a happy, well-rounded family life makes people
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      89 8 How to win your Valentine's heart? join in "My Valentine" and send him or her your m personal Love Note! What's more, you could win more than you'd expect. Watch for details of this romantic promotion in The New Paper tomorrow. Jjyjr// BKOU GH r T O VO U B
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      Lock icon Fear of long war clouds stock markets
      357 9 Wire services. I'KICKS generally closed lower in light trading yesterday as fears of a protracted Mid-east war loomed. LONDON THK Financial Times 30share index closed down 16.2 points at 1,638.7. Volume was It 18.7 million shares, compared to 345.6 million shares on Friday.
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      Indices/Closing
      58 9 FT Industrials M«m I,i.<H 70 n.i».M MO I Dow tunes Average Mnii rj.<;i-n:n ST Industrial Mon UOf. iT ||;M;<HOt NST Industrial Mi ill i' V77.H! i i 1 .',SO Honuknng Hang Seng Mou !,•»•«.;»>» i:<n; i Amlr.ili.in All Ordinal ies M'Ui I,i!71 W 11 -(Jii.r.'ii NikKei Stoch Aviirnff Mm
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon CRUELTY INSPECTOR
      539 12  -  ANIMALS BEATEN, STARVED? CALL GORDON Stories/ Angeline Song INSIDE a Holland Road pet shop is a small bird cage. It contains three puppies stacked on top of each other. The animals are so squashed, they can hardly move. Animals in distress. But not for long, thanks to the
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      A DAY OUT WITH FLASH GORDON
      410 12 THE day begins at 8.30 am when Mr Brian Gordon reports to his office at the SPCA. He checks his big blue file to see if there are any cruelty complaints that have to be investigated, or any follow-up cases. Then we set out.
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      Testing time for CD sellers
      348 13  -  By Dave Ang s OME customers are threatening to turn music retail outlets into music libraries. According to several music store owners, 'these people spend hours testing more than a dozen compact discs on each visit. And they often walk away without buying anything. One
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      CUSTOMERS SAY
      126 13 Mr Peter Chen, 36, photographer. "Sometimes you've got to listen a bit more, especially with brand new releases. To me, sound is very important. For example, if there is too much hiss, I won't buy." Mr Wee Tze Wui, 20, restaurant cook. "If I cannot test, I won't
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      Why video tapes run short
      325 13 KARAOKE and video enthusiasts who use multi-sys-tem video-cassette recorders to record laser disc programmes may find their viewing and crooning pleasure short-lived. This is because their video tapes could run out early. A New Paper reader stumbled on this recently. The 43-year-old broker had bought
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      GLOSSARY
      171 13 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. belies: Gives the wrong idea or impression. When a person's behaviour belies his appearance, he is not what he looks like. chirpy: Bright and cheerI ful. diminutive: Small. dynamism:
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      Lock icon 17-year-olds publish poetry
      435 14  -  By Helen Chang T HE first time Lee Chuen Ping saw snowflakes at age 11, she wanted to tell the world. Poetry became her mouthpiece. Now, Chuen Ping and classmate Venil Ramaiah have written a poetry book together. Both girls are 17 and, perhaps, the youngest published
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      Views on love and mankind
      147 14 PICK Me Up, by Lee Chuen Ping and Venil Ramaiah, contains teenage views about "love, mankind and inspiration". The books are on sale at $9.50 at some junior colleges. So far, no bookstores have been carrying them. Here's a sampling: "at my age./ She tells
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      Woman slapped for ‘jumping the queue’
      493 14  -  .By Ng Wan Ching A HOUSEWIFE was slapped by another woman who alleged that she jumped the queue. The incident took place in a McDonald's restaurant on Sunday night. Mrs Suraya Tan, 26, was giving her order at the counter in Serene Centre when
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  • FOODNOTES
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      Binge-time at watering holes
      626 15  -  By Sara Chen PIIB lunches are in. In the afternoons, these drinking holes are transformed no boisterous men knocking hack beer or dark, cosy corners where lovers sit and stare at each other. The drinking hole becomes just a restaurant. Men with ties sit entertaining clients
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      Artistic creations by Italian chef
      366 15  -  Italian Food Interlude The Stables, sth floor Mandarin Hotel Janls -31 By Sara Chen GOOD food, I've always believed must not only taste good hut also look good. And Chef Enzo Dellea has mastered that skill to a perfection. The famous 61-year-old chef from Italy,
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      Life after Star Search
      823 16 It has been four months since Chew Chor Meng, 22, became the $120,000 boy after winning SBC's 2nd Star Search. He talks to VIVIEN CHIONG about his life after HIS eyes speak even before he opens his mouth. They dart restlessly, dancing like disco lights. It
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      Lock icon BIO BOX
      111 16 Name: Chew Chor Meng, 22. Birth-date: Nov 20,1968. Schools attended: Pei Chun Public School, Holy Innocent High School, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Height: 1.73 m. Weight: 60 kg. Hobbles: Jogging, reading, relaxing by the beach and Listening to the waves. Love life: Has had two girlfriends. One when he
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      131 17 See MORE of the world for £599 mm fcSSS, with the National J l. In addition to the playback of PAL video tapes, the new National J I video cassette recorder M let* you watch a whole world of NTSC tapes on your PAL television* without needing a The National
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      885 17 tuesdaytv o CAGNEY AND LACEY ■■PPMHHH THE HOGAN FAMILY (Channel 5, 12.35 am). PlBlf (Channel 5, 7.05 pm) CAGNEY and Lacey are assigned IN this two-parter, the Hogans l to escort Robert Wright (Robert *"?9> (right) and Mrs Poole leave for a 4fjb^ Foxworth, right) who is to testify IF-
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  • Article
    Even love has a price tag
    263 18  -  SEENLASTNIGHT By I Lo Tien Yin HORIZON: Medicine 2000 (SBC 12, 9.30 pm) brought to mind the way of this world in everything, there must be a cost, a catch, a sacrifice. In last night's programme, the catch was money. Science had already discovered
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      243 18 tuesdaytv TUESDAY PREMIERE: SUZANNE Pleshette (left) stars as Jane Hamilton, an J embattled police captain who is assigned to the most corrupt X and demoralised precinct in the city. i Her arrival is greeted with a mixture of suspicion and hostility by the cops who must serve under her. Nevertheless
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      467 19 BUYINGGUIDE "L* f* 4-lyf*4- 'is what the name suggests. It works myr r% <%%t\ nrifVi fresh, moist and resists smearing, Olfc~\_K ni"ll 111 ill !as both a detergent and a fabric IVI3.KC"UP WILII says the manufacturer. j softener. Prices: Ranging from $8 to -SI7. is big on sound £^Srt^ir s
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      Lock icon FRESH RAIN
      602 20  -  Rain Lau was the Princess of Temple Street. Will she rise to be the new princess of the small screen? Reporter VIVIEN CHIONG spoke to the actress, who got her first nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the recent Golden Horse Awards By Vivien chiong T TALKING to
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      KYLIE Come-on
      333 21 STEPPING into Madonna's corset is Australia's Kylie Minogue, 22. Anxious to shed her girl-next-door image, she has come up with a new video, geared to outdo Madonna at her own raunchy antics. The video for her latest single, What Do I Have To Do, contains steamy scenes, of
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      Kiss a stranger and tell
      166 21 RAIN got her first film nomination for Queen of Temple Street. But having to kiss a stranger is something she would rather forget. In the scene, the emotional-ly-strung girl pounced on her male admirer and there was some fierce lip-smacking. "That was the last scene
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      Lock icon Love antics on the big screen
      358 22 Malay Mail. Y i ET another Malaysian film celebrates youth against a college setting. Riang Tirana, from Feugo Production, follows in the wake of films such as Kolej 56 and Mira Edora. It is about mischievous rich kid Zaihan (Badrul Muhayat Abdul Jailani) who
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      407 23 I TUESDAYRADIO NOON News in Brief NOON News in Brief 12.05 PM Your Lunchdate is Rose Tan 12 03 PM Popular Classics 1.00 News in Brief 1.00 News and Weather Forecast 1.15 Lunchdate (cont'd) 1.10 Currency Exchange Rates 2.00 News in Brief 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Feminine Flair with
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